#53C8B0#53C8B0

#53C8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.111 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8B0
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 12%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -38.72, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 38.78, 176.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.1113 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.111 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0544, 46.2789, 48.3093)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8B0 #C8536B

analogous

#53C875 #53C8B0 #53A6C8

triadic

#53C8B0 #B053C8 #C8B053

tetradic

#53C8B0 #7553C8 #C8536B #A6C853

square

#53C8B0 #7553C8 #C8536B #A6C853

split-complementary

#53C8B0 #C853A6 #C87553

monochromatic

#277A69 #36A891 #53C8B0 #81D7C5 #B0E6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#53C8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8B0

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8B0	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.111 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9c7',
    500: '#53c8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8b0;
$custom-light: #8ed9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.692,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75947,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8B0

secondary

#D4A3AD

accent

#4D6ADB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8B0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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